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The tribes represented are: the Ak-Chin Indian Community; [7] the Cocopah Indian Tribe; [8] the Colorado River Indian Tribes; [9] the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation; [10] the Fort Mojave Indian Tribe; [11] the Gila River Indian Community; [12] the Havasupai Tribe; [13] the Hopi Tribe; [14] the Hualapai Tribe; [15] the Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians,; [16] the Pascua Yaqui Tribe; [17] the Pueblo ...
The second half of the 19th century also saw the establishment of the American Indian boarding school system, including the Phoenix Indian School, founded in 1891. Intended to forcibly assimilate Arizona Native children into American culture , school policies prohibited the use of native languages and clothing and separated children from the ...
Indian Canyon Band of Coastanoan/Mutsun Indians. [32] Letter of Intent to Petition 06/09/1989. [27] [30] Independence 14 (Miranda Allotment) [57] Indian Cultural Organization [32] Indian Ranch Rancheria, formerly federally recognized, terminated on September 22, 1964 [53] Juaneño Band of Mission Indians, Acjachemen Nation (II).
The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), also known as Indian Affairs (IA), [2] is a United States federal agency within the Department of the Interior.It is responsible for implementing federal laws and policies related to Native Americans and Alaska Natives, and administering and managing over 55,700,000 acres (225,000 km 2) of reservations held in trust by the U.S. federal government for ...
Map of states with US federally recognized tribes marked in yellow. States with no federally recognized tribes are marked in gray. Federally recognized tribes are those Native American tribes recognized by the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs as holding a government-to-government relationship with the US federal government. [1]
Fort Mojave Indian Reservation: Mohave: Pipa Aha Macav 1890 1,004 65.4 (169.4) Mohave: Extends into California (San Bernardino) and Nevada Fort Yuma Indian Reservation: Quechan: Kwatsáan 1884 2,197 68.1 (176.4) Yuma: Extends into California Gila River Indian Community: Pima, Maricopa: O'odham/Pima: Keli Akimel Oʼotham Maricopa: 1859 11,712
In 2002, the number of definitions increased when tribal enrollment statutes were included. [19] The United States Census allows citizens to check any ethnicity without requirements of validation. The census allows individuals to self-identify as Indian, merely by checking the racial category, "Native American/Alaska Native". [20]
Formerly Pee Dee Indian Tribe of South Carolina (2005). [9] Formerly Pee Dee Indian Association (1978). [71] Piedmont American Indian Association. [70] Santee Indian Organization. [70] [9] Letter of Intent to Petition 06/04/1979. [23] State-recognized tribe in 2006. [71] Formerly White Oak Indian Community. Sumter Tribe of Cheraw Indians. [70]